Subject: [bug#69548] [PATCH] gnu: Add git-extras.

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:21:20 +0100

Hi,

Greg Hogan <[email-masked]> skribis:

> * gnu/packages/version-control.scm (git-extras): New variable.
>
> Change-Id: I81a4d89c72f5a506bfa9ae4a6ccfa45f7e0102f7

[...]

> +    (propagated-inputs
> +     (list coreutils
> +           curl
> +           findutils
> +           gawk
> +           git
> +           less
> +           ncurses
> +           procps
> +           rsync
> +           sed
> +           util-linux))

Instead of propagating all these, which is quite intrusive, would it be
possible to change the relevant scripts to start with:

  export PATH=…

?

I’d also recommend depending on ‘coreutils-minimal’ rather than
‘coreutils’.

Thanks,
Ludo’.